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The impact of environmental performance rating and disclosure : an empirical analysis of perceptions by polluting firms' managers in China / Jin, Yanhong
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Jin, Yanhong
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brown Issues and Health.
- Capital Markets.
- Competitiveness.
- Domestic market.
- Employment.
- Environment.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Financial institutions.
- Financial markets.
- Firm size.
- Firms.
- Green Issues.
- International competitiveness.
- International market.
- International markets.
- Inventories.
- Inventory.
- Joint venture.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Manufacturer.
- Market concentration.
- Market failures.
- Market segmentation.
- Market value.
- Markets and Market Access.
- Microfinance.
- Substitute.
- Water and Industry.
- Water Resources.
- Local Subjects:
- Brown Issues and Health.
- Capital Markets.
- Competitiveness.
- Domestic market.
- Employment.
- Environment.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Financial institutions.
- Financial markets.
- Firm size.
- Firms.
- Green Issues.
- International competitiveness.
- International market.
- International markets.
- Inventories.
- Inventory.
- Joint venture.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Manufacturer.
- Market concentration.
- Market failures.
- Market segmentation.
- Market value.
- Markets and Market Access.
- Microfinance.
- Substitute.
- Water and Industry.
- Water Resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (33 pages)
- Other Title:
- impact of environmental performance rating and disclosure
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2010
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Environmental performance rating and disclosure has emerged as a substitute or complement for traditional pollution regulation, especially in developing countries. Using data from China's Green Watch program, this study extends previous research on performance rating and disclosure by considering firms' perceptions of public and market responses to their ratings. The results suggest that the Green Watch has significantly increased market and stakeholder pressures on managers to improve their firms' environmental performance. More specifically, controlling for the characteristics of locations, firms, and individual managers, the analysis finds that firms with better ratings perceive positive impacts on market competitiveness, overall market value, and relationships with different stakeholders, while the firms with bad ratings are more likely to perceive deterioration. Among these factors, managers perceive a more active role for markets than for stakeholder relations.
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